2013 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE:  

*The conference will be in Irvine Auditorium on Saturday, March 2nd 

TOPIC: TRADE AND CONFLICT
                “how does economic growth promote social stability?”

Our panelists will consist of 5 specialized professionals with a moderator to guide the panel topic.

PANEL:     The Consequences of Trade on Conflict

This will be an interdisciplinary panel that focuses on the various effects that trade can have on conflict. Can increased economic interdependence mitigate the roots of violence? Or does trade foster its own destructive logic as well? This panel will bring together various speakers to discuss both the potential and pitfalls of trade in our globalizing world.

PANEL Discussion:     The Consequences of Trade on Conflict

A moderated round-table discussion followed by questions from the audience.

Ending with the KEYNOTE SPEAKER: 

Gary Horlick is ranked at the very top among the world’s international trade lawyers by Chambers, Euromoney/Insititutional Investor,  and Who’s Who Legal. He has represented leading US and global companies, and more than 20 countries in international trade negotiations and disputes, and has chaired WTO and Mercosur dispute panels. He served as International Trade Counsel of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee; head of Import Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce [where he was responsible for all U.S. antidumping and countervailing duty cases, Foreign Trade Zones, and Statutory Import Programs]; and teaches at Yale Law School, Georgetown Law Center, and the University of Berne’s World Trade Institute. He graduated from Dartmouth College, Cambridge University, and Yale Law School.  He served as the first Chairman of the WTO’s Permanent Group of Experts on subsidies.